China data leak spotlights cyber-spying across Southeast Asia

Files from state-linked contractor reveal bid to infiltrate government agencies

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More than 500 files from Shanghai-based security contractor I-Soon were anonymously posted online (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters) 

FIONA KELLIHER, Contributing writer

PHNOM PENH -- Hackers at a Chinese state-linked security contractor targeted government agencies across Southeast Asia for years, a major document leak shows, revealing rare details of cyberespionage in countries where Beijing has strong political and economic ties.

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